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Barcelona president Joan Laporta will maintain talks with Xavi Hernandez on Thursday over the managerial vacancy at Camp Nou pursuing the dismissal of Ronald Koeman, resources have confirmed to ESPN.
Koeman was fired following Wednesday’s 1- defeat to Rayo Vallecano, which left Barca ninth in LaLiga next a few losses in their past 4 league games.
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Al Sadd coach Xavi, who built 767 appearances for Barca as a player, has promptly emerged as the very first selection to replace the Dutchman, with Laporta eager to know what his demands would be.
Sources explained to ESPN that talks will concentrate on what Xavi wants in phrases of his coaching staff and transfers transferring ahead, with individual conditions not anticipated to be a trouble.
In the meantime, Barca will appoint an interim mentor for Saturday’s sport in opposition to Alaves. B group boss Sergi Barjuan, academy director Albert Capellas and conditioning coach Albert Roca have all been deemed for the position.
Thursday’s teaching session has been moved from the early morning to the afternoon to give the club some time to make a determination.
Xavi Hernandez has been coaching in Qatar. Photo by KARIM JAAFAR/AFP by way of Getty Photographs
Xavi, 41, has often designed it clear that it is his desire to return to Barca in a coaching capability. He remaining the club in 2015 for Qatar aspect Al Sadd, the place he expended 4 decades as a player just before being appointed as mentor in 2019.
Because having about, he has led Al Sadd to 7 trophies, which include 1 league title. They have won seven out of seven in the Qatar Stars League this period and are unbeaten in 34 matches relationship back to the former marketing campaign.
He was earlier targeted for the occupation by former president Josep Maria Bartomeu in 2020 when Ernesto Valverde was sacked. Even so, he turned it down mainly because the timing was not suitable.
When Quique Setien was dismissed afterwards that identical 12 months, he was again in the running for the task, but Bartomeu opted for Koeman.
